Reviewed: Apr. 4, 2012

OMG THIS IS AMAZING!!! I have been looking for a restaurant quality recipe and had almost given up. This truly is what i was looking for! I went exactly by the recipe and the only thing i will change next time is a little less cayenne. It was pretty spicy, but i loved it. Thank you for sharing this recipe!

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jstrickland

Reviewed: Mar. 14, 2012

Delicious! I doubled the cream cheese and did about 1 3/4 cups of half and half. My husband isn't a fan of crawfish so I used shrimp, clam meat, and baby scallops. I also had a shallot on hand so I chopped that and added it in with the green onions.

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diskris

Reviewed: Feb. 28, 2012

My husband wasn't thrilled when he found out I was making this for dinner and told me he has never liked any chowder he's tried. He loved this so I give it 5 stars. :) I only used half the crawfish (frozen from Super Walmart - thanks to others who suggested looking there!) and it was plenty; enough to have some in every bite. Two pounds would have been WAY too expensive. Otherwise followed the recipe as-is. I only wish it wasn't so high in fat or calories.

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TREINEJL

Reviewed: Feb. 21, 2012

I love this soup it is rich and creamy and wonderful. I used 1 pound on large raw shrimp and 1 pkg. of mixed seafood frozen 1 lb (Vons). I also added 1 cup of potatoes o Brian frozen to the mix. I used 2 cans of cream of mushroom and one can of cream of chicken also added 1/4 c of red/green pepper.

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nanciemartin

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Coto De Caza, California, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 21, 2012

I used this years ago when I had a few pounds of leftover crawfish after a big boil. I followed the recipe to the T and it was amazing. Next time I saved some corn and potatoes from the boil and it was even better. Because of the spices in the boil it really heated up the chowder. Now I do crawfish boils just so I can have leftovers for the chowder.

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Rocket67

Reviewed: Jan. 20, 2012

We loved this recipe! I couldn't find crawfish so I used 2 lbs of shrimp. And I used 1 can of each: cream of potato, cream of mushroom and cream of shrimp. I love corn escpecially roasted. So I bought fresh frozen and pan roasted it in some olive oil until the corn has a nice browning color. So I probably added more corn than the recipe states. Lastly added 8 ounces of cream cheese since it comes 8 ounces to a package. I figured it wouldn't hurt with all that extra corn. Really fantastic recipe! Thank you

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Lish

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: New City, New York, USA

Living In: Islip, New York, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2012

Made this in one pot and it was the best chowder my family has ever eaten. I had to use imitation crab due to not being able to find crawfish. It always make me laugh when people say even their picky kids eat and love things. In this case it was true!!!!

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shelljohn

Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2011

One word says it all...AWESOME. We could not find mud bugs so we substituted shrimp. We took others advice and doubled the cream cheese and corn. It was a little thick for us so we added additional half and half.

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Eugene

Reviewed: Nov. 18, 2011

I've made this a couple of times now, and have decided that my favorite version includes the following: (I generally make half the amount of the original recipe-- it still makes a large pot of rich and hearty soup!) saute a diced onion along with the green onions, 1 lb frozen langostino tails instead of crawfish, 1 can potato soup, 1 box of the condensed portabello mushroom soup from Trader Joes (a must!!), no corn, double the rec amt of cream cheese (full 4oz when making half the original recipe), a bit of Tony Chacheres Creole seasoning, pepper and a few small red potatoes. I cut back the butter from the beginning and just use what's needed to saute the onions and langostinos, not a full 3/4 cup. This isn't a light soup, but sometimes it hits the spot! I think it's better if it simmers longer than the recipes calls for, or even when warmed back up the next day. Serve with fresh baked peasant style bread-- delicious!!

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bluepuggirl

Reviewed: Nov. 12, 2011

AMAZING. So good, and so easy. Recipe makes a large batch, too. I made a few changes--used shrimp instead of crawfish (only because of the expense. I would prefer crawfish but the shrimp was awesome too). Used only one can of potato soup, and two cans cream of mushroom. No cayenne pepper, and a few tablespoons Landry's garlic salt (really good brand of garlic salt, btw). Also, added about half a cup chopped red onion to the green onion sautee. EXCELLENT. I suspect it would freeze well, but haven't tried it. **Note: if you use frozen shrimp/crawfish like I did, either thaw it out thoroughly and pat dry or sautee it on low heat for 10 minutes and then drain it before you add it to the soup mixture. Otherwise you add too much water to your soup.

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